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Re:Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'? by cdavid on Monday May 23, 2011 @10:19PM (#2578408)
Generalizations like Europe is more expensive than the US make no sense. Where in Europe, where in the US ? There is quite a difference between cost of living in London, Paris and Munich already, and the cost of living in the Bay Area is not the same as Austin.

Even within a given country, the cost of living is very spread out (London and Paris are extremely expensive compared to the average of their respective country for example).

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Re:Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'? by nasmorn on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @07:25AM (#2579421)
Funny, I (as an Austrian) am used to hearing that Munich is one of the most expensive cities in Germany.
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Re:Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'? by dennisgorelik on Monday May 23, 2011 @10:38PM (#2578439)
Nothing stops you from comparing Austin, TX to Munich, Germany and San Francisco vs London/Paris.
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Re:Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'? by cdavid on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @01:36AM (#2578810)
Indeed. The point being that comparing cities is much more relevant than countries. It has also the nice property to avoid too much country-bias.
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